Drama on 3 | Make Death Love Me: Antony and Cleopatra Re-Imagined
Antony and Cleopatra
Neil Bartlett reimagines Shakespeare's classic war drama ''Antony and Cleopatra'' as a dysfunctional love story between an ageing black empress and a failing elderly white military hero, burning themselves out as they ransack the world for survival.
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